HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1187501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance amateur sport for the public benefit by organising, providing, or assisting in the organisation or provision of facilities which will enable boys and girls up to 18 years of age resident in Harpenden and the surrounding area to aplay association football, ensuring due attention is given to the physical, personal, and educational development of such boys and girls.

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Latest income

£98k

Latest spending

£48k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted cash reserves of £62,280, which the trustees describe as a buffer to allow for unforeseen expenses or lower-than-forecast receipts. The trustees confirm the club is fully funded for the current financial year and note that the surplus from activities was just over £20,000, with the remainder comprising pre-collected future revenues and unspent grants.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 20% of annual costs (held: £62k)

“Accordingly, the intent is to hold a buffer of at least 20% of annual costs to allow for unforeseen expenses, or lower than forecast receipts.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Co-op Local Community Fund — “Harpenden Rovers Youth FC & Co-op Local Community Fund Select Rovers as your 'Local Cause' to help us get a share of the Co-op local communi…” (source page)
Howdens Game Changer Programme — “We're delighted to announce that we have been awarded a brand new kitchen for Acres Corner clubhouse courtesy of the Howdens Game Changer Pr…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

JEREMY WILLIAM MATTHEW FINCHchair
MARK ANTHONY MCCORMACK
NAOMI LOUISE RIGBY
STUART WILLIAM TURNER

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£98k	£48k
30/06/2024	£39k	£33k
30/06/2023	£20k	£20k
30/06/2022	£18k	£18k
30/06/2021	£12k	£12k

Common questions

Is HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted cash reserves of £62,280, which the trustees describe as a buffer to allow for unforeseen expenses or lower-than-forecast receipts. The trustees confirm the club is fully funded for the current financial year and note that the surplus from activities was just over £20,000, with the remainder comprising pre-collected future revenues and unspent grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HARPENDEN ROVERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB as a grant recipient include THE HARPENDEN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPENDEN TRUST	FY2023	£18k	Community Fund grant
THE HARPENDEN TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE HARPENDEN TRUST	FY2024	£3k